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The Democratic Party of Ozaukee County will be hosting a politics potluck at Cedars III Bowling in Cedarburg on Wednesday, September 13th, at 6:30pm. Bring your friends and family and, if you’d like, a dish to share.

We have also invited the announced 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidates to join us for a meet-and-greet. 🙂

Thank you to the dozens of members and supporters of the Democratic Party of Ozaukee County who have marched with us in the two summer parades we’ve participated in so far this year, Family Fun Before the Fourth in Thiensville and the 4th of July Parade in Cedarburg. We are incredibly grateful!

The reception that we’ve received from spectators at these events has been very encouraging to all of us. We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of people in our county clapping for us and cheering us on.

Our next parade will be Fish Day in Port Washington on July 15th at 10:00am. Both members and like-minded non-members, as well as family and friends, are welcome to march with us. If you’d like to join us, please fill out this form to receive more information on where/when to meet.

Responding to Paul Ryan’s recent column in the Kenosha News, Cezary Podkul at ProPublica performed an analysis on the true impact of the estate tax, particularly as it applies to Wisconsinites, using IRS data. His findings include:

Nationally, the estate tax affects only the wealthiest 0.2% of estates, those with over $5 million in assets

In Wisconsin in 2015, the latest year statistics are available, only 61 estates were wealthy enough to be subject to the estate tax, around 0.1% of all estates

Podkul estimates that of the small business owners and farmers who died in 2015, over 98% were not subject to the estate tax

This is Republican tax “reform” in a nutshell, massive giveaways to the rich while ignoring the struggles of middle class Americans.

Today Dan Kohl announced that he will seek to challenge Glenn Grothman for Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives:

Today business executive and non-profit leader Dan Kohl announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District, and released the following statement:

“I’m 51 years old and I cannot remember a time when people in this country were so anxious about the present and so concerned about their futures and their children’s future.

I’m running for Congress because Washington is broken, and our Congressman puts his party’s priorities ahead of our priorities. Our district is currently represented by the single most partisan member of the House, and that hasn’t helped create a single job here in Wisconsin. We can and must do better.

We need leaders who will focus on common sense solutions, expanding opportunity, and getting things done. Now, more than ever, we need elected leaders who will fight for the many, and not just the few at the very top.

I’m not a career politician and I don’t profess to have all the answers. What I can tell you is that I will work hard, stand up for our values, and get things done for the people of the district.”

In the coming months, Dan will be engaging, listening to, and learning from residents at a series of public events and informal listening opportunities in each county of the 6th District.

“Throughout his two terms, Gov. Scott Walker focused on giving massive tax giveaways to millionaires and out-of-state corporations – six years later we’re seeing the worst job-creation figures under his tenure.”